ACTOR

Lauren Bacall

1924 - 2014

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Betty Joan Perske (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014), professionally known as Lauren Bacall ( bə-KAWL), was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures. She was known for her alluring, sultry presence and her distinctive, husky voice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lauren Bacall has received more than 13,851,968 page views. Her biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Lauren Bacall is the 235th most popular actor (up from 256th in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from United States (up from 469th in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Actor.

Lauren Bacall is most famous for her role in the 1944 film To Have and Have Not.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lauren Bacalls by language

Over the past year Lauren Bacall has had the most page views in the with 1,908,668 views, followed by German (155,379), and French (119,244). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Western Punjabi (785.61%), Eastern Punjabi (516.95%), and Lithuanian (357.51%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lauren Bacall ranks 235 out of 13,578. Before her are Robbie Coltrane, Richard Widmark, Liv Ullmann, Dennis Hopper, Anna Magnani, and Dolph Lundgren. After her are Ursula Andress, Mako, Viggo Mortensen, Danny Trejo, Michel Piccoli, and Bryan Cranston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Lauren Bacall ranks 16. Before her are Süleyman Demirel, Sarah Vaughan, Jean-François Lyotard, Ezer Weizman, Jacques Le Goff, and Benoit Mandelbrot. After her are Sergei Parajanov, Paul Feyerabend, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Maurice Jarre, Benny Hill, and Georges Charpak. Among people deceased in 2014, Lauren Bacall ranks 19. Before her are Hiroo Onoda, Alexander Grothendieck, Nadine Gordimer, Maximilian Schell, Jacques Le Goff, and Paco de Lucía. After her are Shirley Temple, Virna Lisi, Alain Resnais, Bob Hoskins, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, and Richard Attenborough.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lauren Bacall ranks 448 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Kerouac (1922), Dennis Hopper (1936), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Edward Hopper (1882), and Leslie Groves (1896). After her are Bernie Madoff (1938), O. J. Simpson (1947), George Herbert Mead (1863), Robert Johnson (1911), Viggo Mortensen (1958), and Diana Ross (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lauren Bacall ranks 113. Before her are Peter Fonda (1940), George Clooney (1961), Ed Harris (1950), Shirley MacLaine (1934), Richard Widmark (1914), and Dennis Hopper (1936). After her are Viggo Mortensen (1958), Danny Trejo (1944), Bryan Cranston (1956), Jayne Mansfield (1933), Jodie Foster (1962), and Paul Walker (1973).

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Television and Movie Roles

Misery
Marcia Sindell
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Murder on the Orient Express
Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard
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Nov 22o 19747.144 / 10
Dogville
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A mysterious woman named Grace hides in a small mountain town from criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.
May 19o 20037.779 / 10